Shelter and Childcare Aide

Position Responsibilities

1. Provide direct childcare, carry out planned activities and recreational activities for the children.
2. Provide a supportive listening environment in which children feel safe to express their feelings and needs.
3. Assess children’s and mother’s needs through completion of arrival interviews as needed.
4. Help to maintain a safe and orderly play space for the children. Inside and outside.
5. Model nonviolent disciplinary options with children and intervenes when physical punishment is used or mothers need assistance.
6. Implement an anti-racist, non-sexist program through attitude and behavior.
7. Maintain records necessary to the children’s needs (children’s files, mother’s files, and daily logs).
8. Assist with sorting of in-kind donations. Help to keep storage areas clean and stocked.
9. Assist with cleaning bedrooms as needed when a resident departs.
10. Reports to Child Protection Services, as mandated by law, upon consultation with the mother, Children’s Program Coordinator and Program Director.
11. Provides support and constructive criticism for staff and volunteers.
12. Maintains confidentiality of all residents and community women.
13. Works well with people of diverse racial, cultural, social and economic backgrounds.

Position Qualifications

1. Childcare experience is required.
2. An understanding and sensitivity to women and children experiencing domestic violence.
3. Ability to provide support to children in crisis.
4. Ability to work well with people from diverse racial, cultural, social and economic backgrounds.
5. Ability to take direction and have follow through.
6. Experience in independent job structuring is desirable.
7. Ability to work as a team member.

Other Requirements

1. Pass a criminal background check.
2. Valid Minnesota Driver’s license is required.
3. Must be able to lift and/or carry up to 35 pounds.
4.  Must be able to bend, stoop, kneel and climb (ascend and descend) flights of stairs.

Pay range is $18.00 - $19.00, based on your prior experience. We offer .40 cents differential pay for overnight shifts and .50 for weekend shifts.

Benefits: 403(b) retirement plan after 1,000 hours worked; ESST

Hours: Part time, 24 hours per week. Includes one evening shift per week and some weekends as needed.

Mission Statement:Missions Inc. Programs provides a collaborative community and safe space where people are empowered to heal and transform their lives. Our vision is a world where every person realizes their worth and lives with dignity free from addiction and violence.

Our values are to:

• Affirm human worth
• Foster self-determination
• Value diversity
• Seek social justice

Missions Inc. Programs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees

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